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<br />,,~ <br />-~.~~ <br /> <br />"a... <br />i!:~~ <br />.~ <br /> <br />~:~:n,'::_yiT:1 ve~;ct2"tj_0~1 covers most of the test area on the "lest side 0:::' <br /> <br />~l~:-~e riv-2::-- and is ge:1ere.lly c~uite dense as a result of the high \'TE..ter ~2:02-C;. <br /> <br />SOlI t cedar is the dominant g:::owth, vii th cottonwoods and willo'iIS cor;:prlslEg <br /> <br />the reTIair:der of the overstory. The understory consists of various salt <br /> <br />grasses and oluegrasses~ <br /> <br />The east bar~ of the stream is a salt desert community dominated by <br /> <br />:~2"2.sses and shrubs ~ Grovth is very sparse because of a lo,'ley vlat22:' t&-l~le <br /> <br />S~~ s~lt deposits on the sur~ace. The major shrubs are bud sage, winter~- <br /> <br />S;:2C.sc~:::".e, ::-aat saltoyush, and Garden salt brush. The major grasses fOYr.ling <br /> <br />the -llTl(:2:~3tory are galleta, Salina wildrye, Indian ricegrass, needle-and- <br /> <br />th~2ad grass, thickspike wheatgrass, squirreltail grass, and Sandburg <br /> <br />bluesyass. Forbs include globemallow, phlox, buckwheat, loco, and varicus <br /> <br />2-sters. <br /> <br />~ne Dolores River in and immediately downstream from Paradox Valley <br /> <br />Goes ~ot generally provide a suitable habitat for fish. The stre&~ is <br /> <br />C!::3,::";';("~,;('!'i?,ecl by ez-i:rer.'lc:ly 10"[ flovrs anc. hi~h snlini ty durin[?; the SUY[Lrner <br /> <br />r,nn~,:-.:~ ~ rmcl is occc.~:i.ofJ,:llly dry. Four specie:] of fish have bCCE iclcct.ificd <br /> <br />i~ ~~e v21ley: T~e red shi~er, the roundtail chub, the speckled dace, and <br /> <br />tl1e flan~1elmoutn sucker. The red shine!' is an i~troduced species, and the <br /> <br />others ~re native to the ColoTado River system. No endangered or threatehed <br /> <br />species have been identified in the project area. <br /> <br />The generally sparce vegetation of the area does not support large <br /> <br />J:]opclations of ,rildlife, but there is a diversity of the species present. <br /> <br />?ayaccox Valley provides a liTIi ted amount of both summer and winter ranse <br /> <br />:oy mule deer, the most abun~ant large animal in the area. Small animals <br /> <br />:'?icluC2' jackrabbits, cot~o:c',t;;.i:::" rab"bi ts, and deer mice. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />'. (' <br />~ : ..) <br /> <br />30 <br />